Author: Joachim Denzler
Date: 16:06:48 09/07/00
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On September 07, 2000 at 17:17:22, Uri Blass wrote: >>Since CM6000 has no table bases this is not a surprise for me. But Shredder >>should be able to "see" the outcome of the game. > >It is not a surprise. >Shredder does not have the 7 piece tablebases and there is no way for black to >force winning of a pawn so smaller tablebases cannot help. > Thanks a lot for the explanation, Uri!! Yes, you are right, Shredder and any other program would need 7 piece tablebases. I haven't realized this, especially since there is no smart way to reduce the endgame to a 6 or 5 pieces endgame. >White can play a lot of king moves and avoid repetition so there is no way that >programs can see the draw if they have not the right evaluation > >Uri Now I understand the problem completely. Thanks again, Joachim
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